DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator
Spanning the 600-Year Period From 1600 to 2200 on the Modern Gregorian Calendar
PHP Program by Jay Tanner - Based on the NASA/JPL DE405 Ephemeris Model
Calendar Date
Year / Month / Day
Time
hh:mm:ss
Date/Time Mode
LT | UT | TT
Local Time Zone Offset From UT
±hh:mm (Neg/Pos = West/East)
Local Time (
LT
) =
UT
Default Location:
America/New_York
- Your Local Latitude, Lonitude and Time Zone May be Different
Geographic Location Used For Local Topocentric Computations
71.3712 deg
Latitude
Deg.ddd or DMS (Neg=S)
Longitude
Deg.ddd or DMS (Neg=W)
Sea-Level Elevation
meters
QUICK DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS ---------------------------- DATE/TIME/MODE/ZONE/LOCATION Date = 2025 Jun 30 Mon Time = 23:31:33 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m JD TT = 2460857.64777779 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 71.3712 deg Visual Phase = Waxing crescent moon Horizon Altitude = +5.828° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in W Direction Azimuth = 268.679° = W (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 05:33 Sunrise 11:10 Moonrise - Waxing crescent moon 20:49 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 11h 26m 44.753s = 11.4457647 h = 171.6864705° Declination = +03° 35' 52.80" = +3.597999° Distance = 245569.932 mi = 395206.497 km Angular Diameter = 30' 14.28" = 30.23791' = 1814.27" = 0.5039652° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 55' 29.00" = 0.9247220° = 55.48332' = 3329.00" Local Hour Angle = +05h 36m 33.28s = +5.6092450 h = +84.1386750° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 11h 24m 01.687s = 11.4004687 h = 171.0070305° Declination = +02° 58' 43.20" = +2.978667° Radial Velocity = +189.83 km/h = +117.95 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3567.77 km/h = 2216.91 mi/h JUNE 2025 - Lunar Quarter Phases, Apogees and Perigees For Time Zone UT-04:00 Applied NASA Delta T = +00:01:15 Date and Time LT Lunar Event --------------------- ----------------------------------- 2025 Jun 02 Mon 23:41 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90 2025 Jun 07 Sat 06:44 Apogee 251999.25 mi = 405553.48 km 2025 Jun 11 Wed 03:44 Full Moon = Phase 180 2025 Jun 18 Wed 15:19 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2025 Jun 23 Mon 00:44 Perigee 225668.43 mi = 363178.14 km 2025 Jun 25 Wed 06:32 New Moon = Phase 0/360
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLE Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 Jun 30 Mon 23:31:33 LT 2460857.48024306 2460857 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 Jul 01 Tue 03:31:33 UT 2460857.64690973 2460858 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Jul 01 Tue 03:32:48 TT 2460857.64777779 2460858 TT JD TT = 2460857.64777779 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m ----------- EARTH GEOID ρ × sin(φ') = +0.6743577407 ρ × cos(φ') = +0.7363265249 ---------------------- APPARENT SIDEREAL TIME Greenwich 22h 10m 35.56s = 22.1765438 h = 332.6481569 deg Local 17h 03m 18.04s = 17.0550097 h = 255.8251458 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Jun 30 Mon Time = 23:31:33 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460857.64777779 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 11h 26m 44.753s = 11.4457647 h = 171.6864705° Declination = +03° 35' 52.80" = +3.597999° Distance = 245569.932 mi = 395206.497 km Phase Angle = 71.37122° Visual Phase = Waxing crescent moon Angular Diameter = 30' 14.28" = 30.23791' = 1814.27" = 0.5039652° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 55' 29.00" = 0.9247220° = 55.48332' = 3329.00" Radial Velocity = +189.83 km/h = +117.95 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3567.77 km/h = 2216.91 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 11h 24m 01.687s = 11.4004687 h = 171.0070305° Declination = +02° 58' 43.20" = +2.978667° Horizon Altitude = +5.828° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in W Direction Azimuth = 268.679° = W (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +05h 36m 33.28s = +5.6092450 h = +84.1386750° Light Time = 1.2912 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.5825 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 05:33 Sunrise 11:10 Moonrise - Waxing crescent moon 20:49 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 Jun 30 Mon LT TZ = UT-04:00 = Time Zone Offset From UT (Neg/Pos = West/East) dT = +00:01:15 = NASA Delta T estimate Table Origin for 00:00:00 LT of date = 2460856.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 10.6183644 +10.041174 389712.667 242156.225 58.5778 -2 10.6504862 +9.801482 389933.824 242293.645 59.0679 -1 10.6825229 +9.561397 390154.090 242430.512 59.5574 00 10.7144760 +9.320938 390373.435 242566.807 60.0462 01 10.7463471 +9.080122 390591.834 242702.514 60.5344 02 10.7781376 +8.838968 390809.262 242837.617 61.0219 03 10.8098490 +8.597495 391025.690 242972.099 61.5088 04 10.8414828 +8.355719 391241.094 243105.945 61.9951 05 10.8730406 +8.113658 391455.448 243239.138 62.4808 06 10.9045237 +7.871330 391668.726 243371.663 62.9658 07 10.9359339 +7.628750 391880.903 243503.504 63.4502 08 10.9672724 +7.385937 392091.954 243634.645 63.9340 09 10.9985408 +7.142907 392301.855 243765.071 64.4172 10 11.0297407 +6.899676 392510.581 243894.768 64.8998 11 11.0608735 +6.656260 392718.108 244023.719 65.3819 12 11.0919406 +6.412676 392924.411 244151.910 65.8633 13 11.1229437 +6.168938 393129.469 244279.327 66.3441 14 11.1538842 +5.925064 393333.256 244405.954 66.8243 15 11.1847635 +5.681068 393535.750 244531.778 67.3040 16 11.2155832 +5.436966 393736.928 244656.784 67.7832 17 11.2463448 +5.192773 393936.768 244780.959 68.2617 18 11.2770496 +4.948504 394135.247 244904.288 68.7397 19 11.3076993 +4.704173 394332.343 245026.758 69.2171 20 11.3382953 +4.459795 394528.036 245148.356 69.6940 21 11.3688390 +4.215386 394722.302 245269.067 70.1704 22 11.3993320 +3.970958 394915.121 245388.880 70.6462 23 11.4297757 +3.726526 395106.474 245507.781 71.1215 24 11.4601715 +3.482105 395296.337 245625.756 71.5963 25 11.4905210 +3.237708 395484.693 245742.795 72.0705 26 11.5208256 +2.993349 395671.520 245858.884 72.5443 27 11.5510866 +2.749041 395856.799 245974.011 73.0175 28 11.5813057 +2.504798 396040.511 246088.164 73.4903 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.95 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2022 August 27 at 12:46:14 AM Saturday